Private contract fire equipment

[Aaronw]

Not all contract hand crews are on call. There are many contract companies that field 20 person type 2 crews, just like the agencies. These crews often conduct forestry and fuels reduction work under contract when not assigned to a fire.

 

Firestorm Wildfire Services of Northern California fields several type 2 crews, each with two 10 person buggys modeled on those used by the Federal Type 1 Hotshot crews.